Tonight's cuppa: An entire pot of decaf Irish breakfast tea
Tonight's Twitterblog focuses on the 14th-cycle premiere of "The Amazing Race," Emmy voters' favorite reality show (and for once, I'm kinda down with their choice). I had heard that the format of the show was changing a little, with more gorgeous scenery and fewer scenes of strategic jockeying at airports (very good news but will make the show longer for me, as I usually fast-forward that stuff).
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The Twitterblog is edited for clarity and readability, and must be read from the BOTTOM UP. And for those of you who giggle at my initial misspelling of a Swiss location, I offer as my defense this link.
I didn't include the Philimination at the end so as not to be spoilery. I was going to put it in this post, but think I won't name names here either, because of the possible spoileriness of it all.
But was I happy at the outcome? Happy as a big orange ball floating in a big vat of orange soda, in the middle of an orchard full of orange trees.
And here we go:
· On the whole, a
satisfying and fast-paced hour. Looks like a good season! And now I'm outta
here. Night all.
· And once again,
Phil wears one of his awesome turtleneck sweaters. Man has more sweaters than
Bill Cosby.
· "Go
back!" "Hurry, hurry, fast, fast." Foot race! You are number 10!
And you are PHILIMINATED!
· Hillbillies still
lost, fear they are "dumba--es." Not recording teams now ,because the
Philimination is at hand.
· Yodeling getting
louder! Getting down to end now. Couple has clean butts. Good for them.
· Orange
guy muscles it, outta there. Flight attendants, in last, outta there.
Hillbillies lost in woods..
· More wild cheese!
Flight attendants lost her cheese. Cheerleaders outta there; sisters outta
there.
· Did she drop the
cheese in the "poopy"? Orange girl whines. Hillbillies make
nice." Let's rock!" They're outta there.
· Hillbilly husband
pitches in. They both slide, with hillbilly wife reinventing butt-scooting.
Chris muscles it.
· "I just want
to show people that deaf people can do it." Orange people, maybe not so
much.
· Just for the
record, I have never had a gnome in my garden, but I saw a Travelocity gnome at
AR HQ -- very cute!
· Yodel yodel yodel.
Run run run. Mom and deaf son are first!!! Way to go, mom and deaf son! Get Mexico trip. trip.
· Orange
guy is a jerk, but chick is no prize. Flight attendants truck on. Hillbilly
couple pulls together.Yodel!
· Hillbillies having
a hard time. Orange chick wasted. Proof that pretty and thin does not equal
being in good shape.
· Orange chick goes
down before she even gets the cheese. Hillbilly wife should have left the bag
(or
jacket) behind.
· What the heck is on
gay son's hat? I may have to pause at some point. "Trek it, trek it!"
"I'm going to get hurt."
· Stuntmen pull an
· Teams look for
yodelers at the bus stop to find the pit stop. Big bells ring. Cheese is
stacked. Lawyers run.
· Gay son worried
about dad butt-scooting with cheese. I'm sorry, that's what he's doing. Swiss
ring big bells!
· Swiss: Go go go go!
Swiss do not amuse gay son. Gay dad slides on butt with cheese. Lawyers talk
about yoga.
· Flight attendants
realize Brad &
· It's so sad that
none of them is named Chuck. Swiss are just about hurting themselves. More
cheese on the run!
· The Swiss at the
bottom look very amused. Run with cheese, fall with cheese. "He just ate
it." Swiss eat it up.
· The cheese makes a break
for freedom! Catch the wild cheese before it kills someone!
· So who's going to
be the big cheese, and who'll get cheesed off because they lose? Yeah, I said
that, too.
· Go, go, go! Carry
those big cheese...things. Hearing way too much about groin muscles. "My
cheese thing broke."
· In INTERLAKEN teams
must carry cheese. Yummm, cheeeeese. But will they cut cheese? heh heh. Yeah, I
said that.
· Trouble at the
train for flight attendants. Brad & Victoria pull a fast one. ;) Oops, it's
Interlaken. Sorry, Swiss!
· Older couple doesn't
trust lawyers. Age brings experience. More screaming while bungee-in.
Hillbillies go.
· Train, lawyers
don't want to make enemies, so they decide to lie like rugs. Go, Harvard
lawyers!
· Helo shot, big
lake, big dam! Off she goes! Fly, flight attendant, fly!" Holy cow, I can't
believe I just did that."
· Flight attendant
still trying to get psyched after older lady rocks it. She steps up...helo
shots ... COMMERCIAL!
· Gay son plunges!
Also psyched. Yeah, you jump, hillbilly husband, might knock some polite into
ya.
· Come on flight
attendant, you fly into thin air for a living! Deaf son plunges -- looks
psyched. Is psyched!
· The Almighty gets
some props! Now back on the train to Interlochen. More bungee! "I'm so
happy right now!"
· Lawyer ready to go
-- yes -- three, two, one AAAAHHHHH! "That was, like, amazing!"
That's the point, dude!
· But a cool knit hat
will not get you a darned taxi. Lots of calling up on the Almighty before
jumping off dam.
· Am I ignoring the
taxi stuff? Yep. At the dam -- bungee jumping! Sweet! Looks like stuntmen in
first, then lawyers.
· Love the
cheerleader's skull & bones knit hat! I have a fancy scarf with black
skulls on gray. Subtle & very funny.
· Teams use the pic
to find a big dam. Taxi taxi taxi. Hate taxi stuff too. But very nice looking
taxis, I must say.
· Hillbilly husband
should not rank on wife for not running fast. Not classy, dude. Tears at the
campfire.
· Hillbilly couple is NOT dead last! Now at the mosquito-ridden camp. Is this Survivor?
· Running running
running, "I can't breathe!" Hope they give this priest a nice cuppa
chocolate for this.
· Wow, that Swiss guy
looks like Cody Willard from FBN. Rolling luggage, smart. Flight attendants
first?
· Flight attendants
pull a Rob & Amber and go for some local assistance. Pretty church! Deaf
son moves fast!
· More talking about
planes, but little airport stuff. Yay! Orange couple already having trouble.
Storm clouds gather.
· Girl says she's
never been to a train station. Wow, way to live life to the fullest there. Switzerland is AWESOME!
· Self-proclaimed
hillbillies looking forward to leaving the U.S. Don't worry, country folk,
you'll be fine.
· Planes take off.
People getting on planes. Writer son says Dad is not Cloris Leachman but
actually MacGyver.
· Getting on
airplanes. Sitting on airplanes. Talking about other people on the airplanes.
Deaf son disses Mom.
· LAX! Man, I hate the airport stuff. I hear there's a lot less of it. Milan or Zurich? Pasta or chocolate? Tough.
· Credits! Soon to
become the ever-increasing roll call of the dearly departed.
· Wow, pretty fancy
cars! "It's on like Donkey Kong!" "It's so awesome!"
"It's fun already!" You just wait.
· You get ONE MILLION
DOLLARS -- or in today's economy, $5.34. Rip! Off to Switzerland. 
Cool, chocolate!
· Phil (nice leather
jacket!) lays down the law. PHILIMINATION! Be very afraid. Run, get your clue,
get a car!
· Cute dating couple
"attached at the hip"; little-person brothers & stuntmen;
assertive pro cheerleaders in green!
· Handsome couple,
both control freaks; Ohio "bada-- older
couple"; gay Dad & son writers (he did School of Rock!)
· Married Virginia
couple (never underestimate the "hillbillies!"); sister/ex-college
athletes, cute in red.
· Then we move to
Harvard lawyers (two blondes, then two brunets); mom & deaf son who can use
sign language.
· The dawn of a new adventure! Marine helos head for Los Alamitos. We start with flight attendants.
wow, thanks for this, I am addicted to Amazing Race and thought it had lost a little zing. Now it's way better, I thought those flight attendants would place higher though.
I totally agree. The show appears to have gotten its mojo back.